Thailand
Oct 24 – Nov 10, 2025
For some reason, Fatboy Slim and Thailand have always been oddly linked in my mind.
My vacation in Thailand felt less like a trip and more like discovering a place I already knew. I was welcomed to celebrate a friend’s college graduation, wandered through Bangkok’s winding neighborhoods, ate street food so spicy it taught me resilience, and watched giant water monitors glide through the quiet of Lumphini Park. I learned to cook Thai dishes, dressed in traditional clothing at Wat Arun, rode through the city in tuk tuks and on motorbikes, ate a scorpion on a dare, ordered intestines as an appetizer, and somehow ended up at a death metal show in a sketchy basement.
From there I drifted south, explored Krabi, biked through the peaceful Muslim community of Ko Klang, learned batik-making from generous artisans, discovered how to collect honey from a rare species of stingless bees, and snorkeled with blacktip sharks around the Phi Phi Islands. I climbed caves and cliffs in Railay as a storm rolled in, and pushed myself up 1,400 rain-slicked steps to the Tiger Cave Temple in sandals, each step its own small victory.
Every day had brought something unexpected, something meaningful, something wild, and the kindness of the people I met gave the trip a warmth I didn’t expect to find so far from home. It became one of the best journeys of my life, and I already find myself dreaming of going back.

Visitors can walk up and chat with the AI housed inside these giant sculptural heads at Incheon International Airport in South Korea.

Part of the college graduation ceremonies in Thailand gather graduates at the center of a circle while underclassmen dance and sing around them.

Water Monitors fight for a fish in Lumphini Park as people walk by.

View from hotel.

My first tuk tuk ride

Dinner with old friends.

We decided to go out after dinner

Archery Lessons

Second tuk tuk ride was a little more dangerous

Trying scorpion on a stick

Roti

Rock formations in Railay Beach

Phi Phi Islands

Crossing a river to get to Ko Klang. To get to school, students have to take this ferry everyday. 

Learning to collect honey from stingless bees. The honey tasted sweet and sour.

Riding through rice fields of Ko Klang.

Enjoying some honey iced tea with the beekeeper.

Snorkeling with Blacktip Sharks

Maya Bay

Clownfish

Moray Eel

Feeding an Asian Elephant.

Seeking protection from the rain.